Norman J. Ornstein

Background*

Mr. Norman J. Ornstein serves as a Senior Counselor to the Continuity of Government Commission. Mr. Ornstein serves as an Election Analyst of CBS News and writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper. Mr. Ornstein serves as a Director of Campaign Legal Center and of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He has been an Independent Director at UCB SA since April 24, 2008. He served as an Advisor of FORA.tv, Inc. Mr. ... Ornstein served as a Director of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). His campaign finance working group of scholars and practitioners helped shape the major law, known as McCain/Feingold, that reformed the campaign financing system. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other major publications, and regularly appears on television programs like The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, and Charlie Rose. He is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. He was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004. Mr. Ornstein holds Ph. D. in Political Science from University of Michigan and Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Minnesota.

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